Season 1
(1968)
Overview
60 Minutes' first season aired as a bi-weekly broadcast hosted by Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner, debuting on September 24, 1968, and alternating weeks with other CBS News productions on Tuesday evenings at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The first edition was described by Reasoner in the opening as a "kind of a magazine for television."
Cast
Episodes
September 24, 1968 4.0
September 24, 1968
60 Minutes offers a beside-the-scenes look at presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey during their pa…
October 8, 1968 0.0
October 8, 1968
An exclusive interview with Richard Nixon, the Republican Party candidate for president, a look at highlights from an o…
October 22, 1968 0.0
October 22, 1968
An exclusive interview with Democratic Party presidential candidate and current Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, an i…
November 12, 1968 0.0
November 12, 1968
A look back at last week's election of Richard Nixon as President, a profile of NFL football star quarterback Joe Namat…
November 26, 1968 0.0
November 26, 1968
An interview with former nun and current president of Webster College, Jacqueline Grennan, who left the Roman Catholic …
December 10, 1968 0.0
December 10, 1968
An investigation into how sexual assaults are becoming more common in U.S. prisons,a look at cheating in football, shop…